Negotiated Settlements with HMRC: An Emerging Expertise At LIL Legal LTD
HMRC has nailed two tax-dodging brothers in the same way it netted a conviction against Billionaire Bernie Ecclestone. Michael Hirst, 54, from Wakefield, and Stephen Hirst, 61, from Bridlington, both pleaded guilty to cheating the public revenue and were sentenced on Thursday at Leeds Crown Court, having operated a scheme that defrauded HMRC out of £3 million.
It can be argued that they managed to avoid the guillotine of an extended jail term because they were lucky to be able to pay back the £3 million or so that they had illegally annexed. If that repayment money had not being available because it had been squandered or had become irretrievable these two individuals would have gone down for a very long time.
The new Labour government are fast finding out that there is no cash. In fact, there’s an enormous national deficit, bigger than it ever has been.
It stands to reason and as always that the middle classes will be hit the most with the very wealthy escaping. HMRC however are stepping up their investigations and are intent on unearthing as many potential new cases as they can in a bid to to procure money for the state.
It is therefore prudent to be straightforward and legitimate with the tax man and treat your situations as if you MAY WELL get investigated. Do not be tempted to put through personal items as business ones.
If you have any problems please do not hesitate to contact us as we specialise in negotiated settlements with HMRC.
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Protect A Residential Tenancy Deposit At All Costs - Even If You Think It's a License
As a private residential landlord, it is important to know that tenants’ rights considerably outweigh those of the landlord in the UK.
We have in recent weeks represented two landlords, both of whom had not protected their rent deposit in an authorised Deposit Protection Scheme, this being a clear rule under law.
In the first matter, our client was owed £20k in rent arrears and she was seeking an outright possession order. The possession order was thankfully granted by the Judge but he reduced the outstanding rent arrears significantly because she had not protected the deposit.
In the second matter, our client quickly evicted the claimant after a disagreement over some property damage.
Our client had failed to protect the deposit because she thought it was a lodging license. Crucially though she allowed the tenant to stay more than one month and the court considered that formed a tenancy and was indeed subject to the deposit protection rules.
In Street v Mountford (1985) the law lords ruled that there was no such thing as a lodging agreement and that such licenses were de facto tenancies.
It’s still something of a grey area legally, especially with the advent of Airbnb. However, our advice is to protect the deposit in any event even if you think you have a lodging agreement and make sure the tenant signs an agreement that clearly outlines this.
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